Buggy-top support.



, J. P. GLINE.

BUGGY TOP SUPPORT APPLICATION FILED JULY 22. 1907.

Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

IED STAT-ES JAMES P. OLINE, OF CHARITY, MISSOURI.

BUG-GY-IOP SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

Application filed July 22, 1907. Serial No. 384,985.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES P. CLINE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Charity, in the county of Dallas and State of Missouri, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Buggy-Top Supports, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in buggytop supports,

the object being to provide a support which consists in the novelfeatures of construction, combination and arrangement of parts,hereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification :Figure 1 is aperspective new of a portion of a buggy-box and top showing my imp Fig.2 is a side view of the side-rail, bows and supports, the su port beingshown in dotted lines in a folde position. Fig. 3 is a top plan view ofthe support detached. Fig. 4 is a perspective view, of a portion of twoof the members of the support.

Referring to the drawing A indicates a side-rail secured on the side ofB by bolts 0. The forward end of the rail being provided with agoose-neck carrying a pin D on which is pivotally mounted the heel-ironE, to which the lower ends of the bows F of the top G are pivoted.

Extending out from the rear of the siderail is a prop-bolt H on which issecured a bar X, the forward end. of which is turned .up and secured onthe pin D. The rear end the bows and bolts from becomroved support inposition.-

a buggy-seat extends outwardly and is provided with a notch H in itslower edge adjacent its end, in which the lug I of the arm I which isivotally mounted on the end of the bar Ii is adapted to fit, forsupporting the arm in approximately horizontal positlon. The outer endof the arm is provided with a socket I adapted to be covered with rubberor leather, in which the lower bow. of the top, is adapted to fit whenlowered, and be supported above the prop-bolt into the rear of the same,so as to relieve the bows of the strain which they are subject to whenthe bows rest on the rop-bolt. The bows can be secured to the ar by astrap if desired so as to prevent the same from working up and down whentraveling over a rough road. It will be seen that by having the end'ofthe arm curved downwardly provided with a lug, the arm will beslfipported a little above the horizontal plane 0' t out of the way.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I have provided verynovel supports which are exceedingly simple and cheap in construction,and one which can be readily placed on an ordinary buggy.

Having thus fullydescribed my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is In a buggy top support, the combinationwith a side rail carrying a pin and a propbolt, a bar secured to the pinand bolt, said bar extendin outwardly to the rear of the rop-bol t anprovided with a notch in its ower edge, an arm pivotally mounted on anend of said bar to the rear of said notch, said arm being provided witha laterally projecting lug corresponding in shape to the notch adaptedto fit therein, said arm bein provided with a socket at its other endadapted to receive a bow.

JAMES P. OLINE. Witnesses:

S. O. GANN, W. W. Boees.

e .bar so that when the top is raised, the arm can be readily foldeddown so as to be

